Gerard Craughwell (Independent)
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I thank Mr. O'Leary for his very comprehensive report to the committee. To put things in context, when I flew to England in 1968 because my old man would not let me go on the boat, it cost him five weeks' wages to fly me to London. I recall coming over and back on the ferry between 1968 and 1976. They were slow miserable crossings with people sick all around me. Ryanair has revolutionised travel out of Ireland. There is no getting away from that.

I am a little concerned when Mr. O'Leary says that, because of restrictions on flights, we are going to see fares of €500 each way. Is that a sort of penalty to force our citizens to turn on the political side of the country?